By Deepak Gulgulia, co-founder and CEO of Spectra Among the growing range of application areas of access control, one of…
Explaining Biometrics
Read comprehensive descriptions and explanations of the latest biometric technology solutions including a glossary of biometric terms and definitions.
Privacy and security – can we future proof biometrics?
By Alfred Chan, CEO of Infinity Optics News of privacy and data breaches are capturing headlines every day. Biometric templates…
AI-Based Video Identification Shaping the Insurance Industry in 2021
By Sarah Amundsson, senior business developer at Shufti Pro. Onboarding legitimate customers are getting complicated with every passing day since…
Manual vs. Automated Identity Check: What’s Better and Why?
There are many challenges that any KYC method encounters; either it’s manual, automated, or combined. Dmitri Laush, CEO of omnichannel…
Creating smarter government IDs: The process, from creation and enrollment to issuance
This is a guest post by Joby Mathew, HID Global Director: Citizen Identity Solutions EMEA The adoption of HID Global’s…
Glossary of ID4D terms
BiometricUpdate.com has developed a fully cross-referenced glossary of ID4D terms concerning digital identification systems used to improve development outcomes. Below…
History of digital identification in the developing world
The idea of providing identification to support economic and social development evolved out of sustainable development communities, and has early…
History of Biometrics
Introduction The term “biometrics” is derived from the Greek words “bio” (life) and “metrics” (to measure). Automated biometric systems have…
Determining the best biometric reader for an application
This guest post was contributed by Anixter. Biometric physical access control is the most secure means for allowing access due…
The importance of two-factor authentication
This is a guest post by Yutaka Deguchi, general manager of mofiria Corporation. In recent years, the use of “two-factor…
